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‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei, has called on the artificial intelligence industry to slow the pace of development, proposing a three-part plan and pledging that his company would unilaterally adopt its first element: giving third-party evaluators permanent, employee-level access to its systems to verify safety measures and assess model alignment. The appeal, made in a…
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Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow down
Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called for artificial intelligence development to be slowed down and closely monitored, warning in a new essay that the risks involved are “serious” and that companies and governments need time to address them. His intervention has drawn support from rival AI leaders Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk,…
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Trump says Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman is a ‘good friend of mine’ and reveals they had ‘fine and dandy’ phone call… just hours after 9/11 widow blasted Arab kingdom for ‘supporting’ terrorists
US President Donald Trump described Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) as a “good friend” and said a recent phone call between them was “fine and dandy”, a day after the widow of a 9/11 victim publicly accused Saudi Arabia of supporting the hijackers behind the 2001 attacks. The remarks, made during a visit…
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LG responds to TV spying allegations
LG has issued a public rebuttal after Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs and independent security researchers this week raised concerns about how its smart TVs log and upload user data. The company says the coverage created “misconceptions”, insisting its TVs “do not continuously record or transmit users’ conversations” and that wake-word detection for its voice assistant is…
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Donations of £72m make Reform’s prospects both rosier and riskier
Reform UK has received £72m in donations, most of it from two crypto billionaires, Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne, giving Nigel Farage’s party a war chest larger than the combined 2024 election spending of all major UK parties. While this could dramatically boost Reform’s campaign infrastructure, it also carries significant political risk, as it undercuts…
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London City’s superstars brought down to earth in WSL defeat at West Ham
West Ham secured their first Women’s Super League win of the season, beating London City Lionesses 2-1 at home despite the visitors’ array of high-profile summer signings. Goals from Kelly Gago and Viviane Asseyi put the Hammers firmly in control, before a late Daniëlle van de Donk strike set up a nervy finish that London…
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Saudi Arabia shuts down key oil pipeline, blaming drones from Iraq
Saudi Arabia has shut down a key oil pipeline after accusing militants based in Iraq of launching drone attacks on it, escalating tensions in a region already destabilised by the recent US-Israeli war against Iran. The 745-mile East-West pipeline, which runs from Abqaiq to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, has become crucial for Riyadh…
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Nvidia’s Groq acquihire is on the DOJ’s radar, but it’s already too late
Nvidia’s $20 billion deal to license Groq’s AI chip technology and hire away its top engineers has drawn an antitrust probe from the US Department of Justice, according to a New York Times report. The arrangement left Groq’s inference business technically independent but stripped it of the engineering talent needed to keep developing its own…
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Get the best battery life for your Windows laptop by changing these settings
Engadget offers a guide to extending battery life on Windows 11 laptops, noting that x86-based machines remain more power-hungry than newer ARM devices and that Windows 11 itself carries performance overhead that eats into battery life. The article argues that tweaking settings can meaningfully improve endurance, though this typically involves trading some performance for longer…